In its second week, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom retains the highest place regardless of a big 73% decline in gross sales in comparison with the earlier week. Whereas this drop could seem substantial, it isn’t unusual for extremely anticipated video games to expertise a lower after a powerful preliminary gross sales surge. When Tears of the Kingdom launched final week, it shortly turned the highest-selling boxed launch of the 12 months, that means that with the anticipated second-week drop, it could exceed the common of fifty%-60%.
After simply two weeks available on the market, Tears of the Kingdom has surpassed Hyperlink’s Awakening on the Nintendo Change and Ocarina of Time 3D on the Nintendo 3DS, securing its place because the sixth best-selling Zelda recreation within the historical past of the UK market.
This week’s sole new launch is LEGO 2K Drive, coming into the charts at #7. Though its launch just isn’t notably groundbreaking, the proximity of its launch to Zelda seemingly affected its efficiency. Nevertheless, LEGO video games typically exhibit lengthy tails, indicating the potential for development over time. By way of platform distribution, bodily gross sales of LEGO 2K Drive had been divided as follows: 37% on PlayStation 5, 31% on Nintendo Change, 18% on Xbox, and 14% on PlayStation 4.
A sale on Pokémon Scarlet by Amazon propelled the sport again into the High Ten, with Scarlet climbing 12 locations to say the #6 spot, bolstered by a big gross sales enhance of 124%. Left far behind is Pokémon Violet, with the gross sales discrepancy between the 2 titles persevering with to widen.
Returning to Zelda, its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, makes an look at #8 with a notable 21% gross sales surge in comparison with the earlier week. Moreover, Skyward Sword HD, a Wii remaster, skilled a exceptional 342% week-on-week gross sales rise, securing the #14 spot. The elevated gross sales will be attributed to the sport’s availability on the UK grocery store Asda for the discounted worth of £15.
Under are the best-selling boxed video video games within the UK for the week ending Could 20, 2023:
